The Transformations of Dr. Watson

The Adventures of Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes. 

A damp, late autumn evening in 1895 enveloped London as my hansom cab carried me to Blackwood Manor on the outskirts of the city. An urgent summons to a suddenly deceased old man, Mr. Silas Blackwood. As a doctor, I was to officially confirm the death.

I had been to this mansion a couple of times before, consulting Sir Blackwood as his physician. He suffered from gout. Besides him, his son Alister, his seven-year-old niece Lily, the butler, and the cook also resided in the house.